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No it's not, small planes crash frequently.

• noman-land 2y ago
  How frequently?
  • mindcrime 2y ago
    Somebody could probably answer that using data from FAA, NTSB, NHTSA or whatever, but it's probably all offline right now. :-( EDIT: FWIW, the NTSB incident search site still seems to be up. https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/AviationQueryv2.aspx https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/AviationQueryv2.aspx
  • mulmen 2y ago
    According to NTSB 210 in 2021. So a few times a week. https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/GeneralAviationDashboard.aspx https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/GeneralAviationDashbo...
  • gs17 2y ago
    https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/monthly-dashboard.aspx https://www.ntsb.gov/safety/data/Pages/monthly-dashboard.asp... has a dashboard with the NTSB's aviation data. It lists 8 fatal accidents so far this year.
  • cowgoesmoo 2y ago
    Multiple accidents per day. A fatal one every ~2 days https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institute/accident-analysis/joseph-t-nall-report/28th-nall-report/non-commercial-fixed-wing https://www.aopa.org/training-and-safety/air-safety-institut...
  • ranger207 2y ago
    Several per day, not all of them fatal https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/year/2025/1/N https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/year/2025/1/N